PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Emperor's Dawn. Worthy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Drop the world. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Martinez
vs
Worthy

178 cm
33
162 lbs
26 - 18 - 2

182 cm
31
167 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marlon Worthy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Worthy throws a jab but it's blocked by Martinez.
Martinez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Worthy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Worthy on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Worthy looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Worthy throws a sloppy body shot

and Martinez counters with a shoot takedown. Worthy fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Martinez throws a strike but Worthy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Martinez working for a triangle but Worthy defends it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez has a closed guard, preventing Worthy from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy preventing the sweep.
Martinez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Martinez is looking to sweep but instead, Worthy has passed into half guard.
Martinez gets back to full guard.
Martinez controls Worthy momentarily but Worthy frees himself.
Worthy wants to get up but he can't break Martinez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Martinez wants to control but Worthy passes easily into half guard.
Martinez tries to get to full guard but Worthy has control of the leg.
Worthy trying to control from half guard but Martinez is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Worthy takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Worthy seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Worthy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Worthy prevents Martinez from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Worthy stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Martinez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Worthy.
Nice takedown defense from Worthy. No joy for Martinez on that attempt.
Worthy blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Worthy.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Worthy tries to avoid it but Martinez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Worthy to the ground. Worthy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Worthy.
Martinez checks a low kick from Worthy.
Worthy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez moves out of range as Worthy strikes.
Worthy throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Worthy throws a hook but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Richard Martinez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Martinez looks for the body kick but Worthy saw that one coming.
Worthy blocks a low kick nicely.
Worthy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Worthy wants it to stay on the feet.
Worthy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez throws out a loose jab but Worthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worthy tries to clinch but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Worthy moves out of range of the leg kick from Martinez.
Martinez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Worthy misses with an uppercut. Martinez saw that one coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Martinez, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Worthy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ground and pound from Martinez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Worthy to see if he's OK.

Martinez goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Worthy rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Martinez's guard! Nice work there by Worthy!
Worthy postures up.

Martinez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Worthy defends it easily.
Worthy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Martinez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Worthy!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez trying to control but Worthy is having none of it.
Martinez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Martinez punching from mount but Worthy doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Martinez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Martinez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Worthy looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands with some strikes.
Martinez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Martinez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Martinez throws some wild stikes that Worthy manages to avoid easily.
Martinez working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Worthy slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Martinez slips a nice elbow through Worthy's hands, connecting with Worthy's forehead.
Martinez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Worthy is staying active underneath Martinez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ground and pound from Martinez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martinez thows a huge punch but Worthy dodges it nicely.
Martinez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Martinez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Worthy regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Martinez.
Martinez landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martinez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez chips away with some ground and pound.
Worthy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Martinez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Martinez misses with a low kick.
Worthy throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Worthy throws a lazy right hand but Martinez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martinez misses with a leg kick.

Worthy clinches.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Worthy controls his hands.

Martinez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Worthy swinging wildly here.
Worthy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Worthy misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Worthy.
Marlon Worthy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Worthy's hands.
Worthy misses with a wild body shot.
Worthy throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Worthy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Worthy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Martinez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Worthy swinging wildly here.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez avoids the head kick by Worthy.
Martinez defending well as Worthy loads up on a big left hand.
Martinez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Worthy.
Martinez lands with a shot to the body.
Marlon Worthy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slow jab from Worthy misses its intended target.
Worthy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Worthy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martinez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick misses from Worthy.
Richard Martinez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Richard Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Worthy misses with a body shot.
Worthy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Martinez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Worthy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Worthy as Martinez shoots in.
Martinez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Worthy.
A combination from Worthy does no damage.
Martinez throws out a powerful jab.
Martinez throws a leg kick which misses Worthy's front leg but catches the back leg as Worthy tries to avoid it.
Worthy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Worthy throws a hook but Martinez avoids it easily.
Worthy checks a low kick from Martinez.
Worthy thuds a left hand into Martinez's body.
Martinez throws a front kick aimed at Worthy's knee but Worthy avoids it well.
Worthy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthy throws a leg kick that is checked

and Martinez counters with a shoot takedown. Worthy fights it but they end up in guard.
Worthy keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martinez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Worthy keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
Martinez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Worthy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Richard Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martinez is in close to Worthy's body, working some short punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martinez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Martinez!
Richard Martinez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.